Myanmar Holiday Destinations

Exotic Vacation in the wilderness

Myanmar mountain vacation

Have a break in a very exotic ASEAN country.

When visiting many variants are available such as at the beach, adventure, cultural, island, fishing and mountain trekking plus more. People dream about the whole year to make an exotic trip, for a break which brings fun and improves the moods to pull up spirit and health. Start thinking about naturally the first is where to travel?

Climate and temperatures are about Jan 27°c, Feb 31°, Mar 35°, Apr 37°, May 36°, Jun 33°, (monsoon starts) Jul 33°, Aug 33°, Sep 32°, Oct 31°, (monsoon ends) Nov 29°, Dec 27°.Take a few days at an exotic coast getaway or island in the Andaman Sea, maybe the Bay of Bengal. At Ngapali, Chaungtha and Ngwe Saung, this is real quality time for singles or with family.

Trek the mountains of the north or maybe just climb up Mount Popa near Bagan when you come to the country, it might be useful since there are plenty of not so excellent things; one is continuous electricity cuts, although most hotels have their own generator, read more.Inle Lake leg rowerInle Lake leg rower

The best probably would be to combine a culture oriented trip with a fresh environment in a pleasant climate range at Inle Lake in Shan State.

A beautiful lake with traditional boat races on the Shan Plateau they are a pleasure for your eyes and mind. A pretty accommodation there is golden Island cottages built on stilts right into the water, a great location, come and go by boat only, read more.

Myanmar Trips

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To the beach in this Southeast Asian country is not like going to Florida or Thailand.

This country was hidden away and closed for almost a century, the last people holidaying here were some British during colonial times and after a few Russians and East Germans read more.

A trip to Mandalay is a must when in the country because of that quite different to other places especially in terms of culture plus arts and crafts including amazing pagodas temples and monuments. With exceptional sights around the Mandalay Mahamuni complex, the palace and hill read more.​

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Trek the mountains of the north or maybe just climb up Mount Popa near Bagan when you come to the country, it might be useful to take a couple of things with you. Among other a good flashlight, since there are plenty of not so excellent things, one is continuous electricity cuts, although most hotels have their own generator, read more.

A good Myanmar holiday idea would be to combine a culture oriented trip with a fresh environment in a pleasant climate range at Inle Lake in Shan State.

Inle Lake is a beautiful lake with traditional boat races on the Shan Plateau that is real ASEAN "eye candy". A pretty accommodation there is golden Island cottages built on stilts right over the water, a great location, come and go by boat only, read more.

A holiday trip to the Kyaiktyio Pagoda

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One of the best day tours from Yangon is a visit to this shrine.

Traveling to the Kyaiktyio Pagoda is via Bago and into the blue mountain ranges of Mon State on the border to Thailand. This is about 170 kilometers by rail or road from Yangon, there is also a bus.

On the first leg to Bago are already some very great sightseeing spots one is the Kyaikpun Pagoda with the four Buddhas.

After it’s an 15 kilometers ride to the base camp. Until here the whole surface is not bad, between the town and the starting point to get up into the mountain are several hotels among them the “Mountain View resort” a nice clean place between rubber

[Along the road] plantings. From here it’s another 12 km ascend up to mountain top. Since the road is very narrow always one batch of vehicles move up and wait after the other drive down.

[A pics of the Mountain View resort]

This is one of the top pilgrim targets in the country and it is really amazing what’s up here.

Theoretically his could be done by a day trip from Yangon but it is better to stay overnight because of the road condition it needs to have some spare time. This is also a drive through the Irrawaddy Delta.

[Irrawaddy delta]

In the Irrawaddy delta

[Kyaiktiyo or golden rock pagoda]

Kyaiktiyo or golden rock pagoda

The golden Rock Shrine

is built on a gilded boulder with 25 meters circumference. Legend tells the whole is balanced in this precarious position by an original hair from the Buddha. The rather, around 7 meters high structure small 18-foot-high Kyaiktiyo or golden Rock Pagoda is located near the Thai border town of Mae Sot on an elevation of 1100 meters above sea level.

For Myanmar outdoor enthusiasts

the ultimate kick probably would be a trek up to the top but it really needs good physical condition to do that. Actually the main problem is the heat and snakes both are of high amount.

Most people do the trail in the loading bay of a small truck and the last 1.5 km must be done on foot or maybe not. Bamboo sedans balanced on the shoulder of 4 guys would be an alternative; this is very popular by “Fatty Bum Bum Chinese”.

Legend tells that in the 11th century King Tissa of Thaton got a strand of the Buddha’s hair from an hermit on condition that to enshrined them in a pagoda built on a boulder looking somehow similar to the hermit’s head. Since nobody found such a place they prayed to Thagyamin the king of the Nats and help came instantly. They found a suitable boulder at the bottom of the Andaman Sea and lifted it up to the top of the mountain.